Years of the Republic of China 1913

On the European battlefield, the victory of the Allied Powers is in sight, and at the same time, wars are still raging in Russia, that is, the Soviet Union. Since Denikin cleverly defeated the Red Army at the end of last year and pursued the victory and surrounded Moscow, Denikin's army and the Red Army commanded by Trotsky A great battle was waged under the city of Moscow. After nearly a month of stalemate and the arrival of reinforcements from the Soviet government, Denikin had to lead his troops to retreat southward in order to preserve his strength.

Having won this battle, Trotsky, who had been bruised and swollen by Denikin, regained the trust of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, and in the name of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet personally granted Trotsky Lotsky's first-ever Order of the Red Banner.

After the award was over, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov officially appointed Trotsky as the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, ordering him to command the army to completely wipe out the Denikin White Bandits, and authorized the Military Council to make a The plan to encircle and suppress Denikin first and then spread the flames of revolution across the country to completely wipe out the remaining forces and diehards of the Russian Empire.In this plan, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov pointed out that the siege of Denikin must be completed in the spring of 1919, and at the same time the Soviet government will carry out a large-scale revolutionary movement on the controlled lands in Europe , The main method of the revolutionary movement is to confiscate all the property of the capitalists, dig out and eliminate the reactionaries hidden among the people, nationalize all the land of the landlords, and ruthlessly suppress those reactionaries whose hands are stained with blood... .

According to the plan, in the summer of 1919, the great Red Army will turn its head and march eastward, and its goal is the puppet government of the Russian Empire, which the Soviet regime hates so much.Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov demanded that all Soviet citizens must concentrate all their strength, contribute themselves to the Soviet, and completely wipe out the enemy in the shortest possible time.Complete the revolution and unification of the Soviets.

At the same time, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov personally drafted an open letter "Everyone Go Fight Denikin". In a short period of time, nearly 20 workers and peasants joined the party at the front line, joined the Red Army and rushed to the front line.

Trotsky, who was supplemented by a large number of troops, formed the Southern Front.Yegorov was appointed as the commander, Stalin was the military commissar, and then the Caucasus front was formed, with Tukhachevsky as the commander. The two armies marched southward separately, trying to wipe out Denikin in one fell swoop. .

Although Denikin was brave and good at fighting, his morale was greatly reduced after his new defeat in Moscow, and it was already a cold winter in Russia. Compared with the Soviet government, the areas under Denikin's control were severely lacking in terms of soldiers, equipment and food.After Orel resisted for about a week, Denikin had no choice but to turn to Kursk, and then withdrew to Kharkov and Kiev.By the end of February 1919, Denikin, who was short of food and clothing, gave up Kiev and continued to retreat southward. So far, Denikin's troops had already shown their defeat. While the Red Army had won a series of victories, their morale was high, and the troops on the two fronts concentrated their forces. Drive into the Caucasus region, oppressing Denikin's living space step by step.

March 1919.Denikin, who had retreated to the Caucasus region, had long since lost his composure, haggard and bearded.If he wasn't wearing a military uniform, he would have thought he was an old farmer at a glance.

"Your Excellency! Tukhachevsky's troops are less than 100 kilometers away from us."

"It came really fast..." So far, Denikin's 15 main force has 9 left, of which more than 2 are scattered in the rest of the Caucasus.Now he can mobilize less than 7 troops, while the Tukhachevsky Red Army that is coming head-on has 12 people. If you add Yegorov's 14-strong Southern Army, The disparity in strength between the two can be imagined.

"Your Excellency!" Denikin did not speak for a long time.He lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, his chief of staff, General Ivanov, couldn't help calling him again.

"Ivan, it seems that our last moment is coming." Looking up, Denikin smiled bitterly as he looked at his colleagues and subordinates all over the room looking expectantly at him.

"Your Excellency, there is no way to retreat, let us fight vigorously!" The bearded General Leonid suggested in grief and indignation. As the proud generals of the former Russian Empire, they are the most loyal to the empire. Members, the strength of the Red Army is irresistible, but as the pride of soldiers, they would rather die on the battlefield than surrender.

"Well said!" Denikin gave him a deep look, stood up and waved his right arm vigorously.He ordered in a hoarse voice: "The Soviet rebels have stolen our great country. They use extreme means to eliminate dissidents, use cruel politics to persecute citizens, and use so-called doctrines to confuse the people. I! Anton Ivanovich Qi Denikin hereby swears in the name of God that he will lead you to fight to the end!"

"Ooo! Ooo!"

Everyone cheered at the same time, with passion and bravery shining in their eyes. Although the enemy is so powerful, their beliefs will not be shaken in their eyes.Denikin, who was on the brink of desperation, immediately decided not to retreat, and would organize the last force to start a battle with the oncoming Red Army led by Tukhachevsky.The possibility of winning this battle can be said to be extremely small, but everyone is full of fighting spirit and is not afraid of the upcoming battle.

On March 1919, 3, Denikin assembled a main force of 10 people to fight against Tukhachevsky's Red Army in the Caucasus. Although the Red Army was twice as large as Denikin's army, Denikin The army still fought vigorously, and at the beginning of the battle, it gave the Red Army a head-on blow to the Red Army who underestimated the enemy.

On March 3, the third day of the battle, Tukhachevsky's Red Army lost two divisions one after another under Denikin's sudden counterattack, and almost caused the total collapse of the troops.Fortunately, Tukhachevsky decisively ordered the frontline troops not to retreat a single step, and whoever lost their position would be killed, and immediately organized a supervisory team to supervise the battle, no matter which troops dared to retreat, they would shoot to enforce battlefield discipline.

Under the bloody suppression of the supervisory team, the frontline troops finally stabilized their positions.Subsequently, Tukhachevsky mobilized political commissars at all levels, led by political commissars, party members and cadres to organize a commando, and used the will of revolutionaries to tear apart Denikin's front to achieve a counterattack encirclement.

By March 3, under repeated attacks, the understrength of Denikin's troops showed fatigue, and the battle situation formed a situation of pulling. On March 15, when he learned that Denikin's main force had formally contacted Tukhachevsky's Red Army and started a big battle, Yegorov commanded the army to quickly intersperse, going from north to south to the North Caucasus region, and Tukhachevsky. Chevsky formed a surrounding posture from left to right, intending to annihilate Denikin's troops in one fell swoop.

On March 3, when he learned that Yegorov's troops had entered the North Caucasus, Denikin knew that the situation was over.At this time, there were only less than 18 troops in his hands, and there were thousands of wounded among them.Of course, the opponent didn't go well. Under Denikin's crazy attack, Tukhachevsky lost nearly 4 people. This battle can be described as tragic.

On the evening of March 3, Denikin saw that the defeat was ready to break through. In the early morning of March 19, Denikin stayed behind with 3 troops mainly composed of wounded to contain the front line, and the rest divided into two parts and headed southeast and southwest Breakout. At noon on March 20, the entire army ordered to contain was wiped out, and the remnants of Denikin fled in embarrassment. The fiercest battle since the Battle of Moscow finally came to an end.In this battle, the Red Army wiped out Denikin's main force at a cost of nearly half of the loss. The remaining Denikin troops who succeeded in breaking through the siege added up to less than 6000 people, and the 3 people were divided into two groups. When Denikin counted the number of people around him, he burst into tears and cried bitterly.

"Defeated...Finally defeated...." Although Denikin had awakened a long time ago, he never thought that he would be defeated so badly. Without the army, his ideals would be in vain.The glory of the Russian Empire no longer exists, and what to do in the future, Denikin was at a loss for a while.

After resting for half a day, Denikin, who didn't close his eyes all night, seemed to have only two ways to go.One was exile, westward from the Black Sea, from his beloved country.The second is to surrender to the Red Army as a prisoner, waiting for him to be hanged or a cold bullet.

These two roads are not easy to walk. Although the former can save his life, Denikin knew that he would inevitably live in suffering and pain for the rest of his life.He would not choose the latter, the defeat on the battlefield is not terrible to him, what is terrible is the disgusting trial and being spurned by others.For a while, he hesitated, not knowing what to do.

Until the eastern sky brightened, Denikin still could not make up his mind.But time does not allow him to think too much, the Soviet will never let him go, and the pursuing Red Army is behind him. In the end, he gritted his teeth and decided to go into exile.

Having made a decision, Denikin summoned his subordinates to prepare to state their choice.He must make arrangements for these loyal subordinates to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Red Army.But when he hadn't opened his mouth to say his plan, suddenly a staff officer broke in, waving a piece of paper in his hand, and stammered, shouting: "Your Excellency... Your Excellency... Telegram!"

"Telegram? From whom?"

"Female... Empress... Your Majesty!"

Hearing that it was the queen's telegram, Denikin was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly took a closer look. After reading it in three lines, Denikin had a strange expression on his face, and everyone present looked at him nervously, trying to read it from his expression Find out exactly what was written in the telegram.

After a while, Denikin came back to his senses. He carefully folded the telegram and put it in his pocket, stood up and announced loudly: "Assemble the team immediately, we will go south—to the Ottoman Empire." (To be continued...)